Reader comments on September Tapes

This movie was a docu-drama, the only Western film shot in Afghanistan's active warzone post 9/11. 'The Making of the Movie' clearly states this. It is the 'Search for Bin Laudin' and is loosely patterned after Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' where they go up the river to find the villain. This young band of filmmakers led by screenwriters Christian Van Gregg and Director Chris Johnson risked their lives to make this film. I am envious of their daring and youth. What an adventure to sneak into a culture radically opposite to the known to attempt to create a film portraying this. Wali, the Afghan producer/actor's family in Kabul were Northern Alliance and introduced them to many of the key characters in that fight. Bravo for their daring!

I started watching this "film" and less than halfway through, I got up and looked it up on line primarily because it seemed so contrived but was listed as a documentary.

Some of the scenes are so unbelievably contrived they immediately zap the power that is potentially inherent in a film like this. At a time when we really want to see the truth, even the documentaries are full of lies and half truths!

I really felt misled and disappointed. I never get up and walk away from a movie, but I did on this one.